Steampunk Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to this fab Steampunk Blog Hop. My creation is this steampunk machine made using a combination of new and recycled parts. I had a lot of fun making this! The rules for the hop and other participants are below.


I have upcycled an old mushroom container and old air compressor pump and some cardboard alongside using mdf cogs, corrugated pipe, die cuts, and embellishments made from UT embossing powder, filler and clay.






















We have 16 prize sponsors for our Steampunk Hop - we're proud to say these are small businesses run by artists. Let's show them some love!

1) A Vintage Girl (https://www.avintagegirlshop.com/) - $20 prize package

2) Angel Dream Crafts (https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/AngeldreamCraftsKim) - $20 gift certificate (shipping not included)

3) Linda Israel Art (https://lindaisrael.com/art/) - $50 gift certificate (shipping not included)

4) A Matter of Crafts (www.justamatterofcrafts.com) - $20 gift certificate (shipping not included)

5) Expressions Craft (https://www.expressionscraft.com/) - $25 gift certificate (shipping not included)

6) Nellys Artistic Creations (https://www.instagram.com/nellys_artistic_creations/?hl=en) - original artwork (see link for examples of her work)

7) Gecko Galz (https://www.etsy.com/shop/geckogalz) - $25 in digital products

8) Creative Embellishments (https://creativeembellishments.com/) - $50 (shipping not included)

9) Emerald Creek (https://emeraldcreek.co/) - $25 gift certificate

10) Electric Pandemonium (Etsy.com/shop/electricpandemonium) - choose a $45 original artwork piece (shipping not included)

11) Thompson's Craft Supplies (https://thompsonscraftsupplies.com/) £20 (approx $25) (shipping not included)

12) It's Oddly Appealing (https://www.pinterest.com/itsoddlyappealing/its-oddly-appealing/) - original artwork (see link for examples of her work)

13) The Funkie Junkie Boutique (https://www.thefunkiejunkie.com/) - $25 gift certificate

14) Hobbilicious (https://www.hobbilicious.com/) - £15 (approx $19) (UK shipping free)

15) ITD (https://itdcollection.com/) - prize package worth £25

16) Stamperia (https://stamperia.com/) - a pizza box prize pack

To have a chance of winning one of the 16 coveted prizes, leave a comment on this post, along with your email address or social media contact (IG, FB, etc) and what country you're from, from now through Monday, 22 June. Sixteen winners will be picked randomly from all comments left from all of the artist's participating! The winners will be contacted via email/social media so it's important you leave your address/social media contact!


Here are the other participants:

It's Oddly Appealing 
Ink Stained Roni
Electric Pandemonium
Crafts From The Fairy Den
Chaitali Dekhtawala
Nellys Artistic Creations
Priya Mishra
Archu's Art World
Bhavani Balaji
Cassandra - Scrap Savvy Creations
Shraddha
Amy Love's Designs
Monica Longard - MonDo Creations
Kanika Jain
Jane Austin
Empire of the Cat
Shwetha's Art
Sonika Agarwal
In Search of my Creative Side
The Journey is the Start
Ina Grehan
Orquide'art
Juli Loves Paper
Linda Simpson
Crea Red
Kim Slade-Fuller
Leslie Lineberry
Jessica Larios
Riddhi Jani
Lynne Joncas
Zoe Bateman - You Are Here
Pooja Sharma
Nicole Palos
A Vintage Girl

Good luck and enjoy the hop!

I am entering this into SanDee and Amelie's Steampunk Challenge

Zoe x

Vintage Vinyl

There is a new challenge over on the Bleeding Art Challenge blog and I would like to show you my DT project. 

I have so much stuff collected over the years, I am trying to start to use some of it although think it will take my lifetime! Anyway this piece is made using an old vinyl record I got in a charity shop in the bargain bin of 4 for a £1. I covered this with a piece of scrapbook paper and then covered that in acrylic paint in vintage colours.

Having glued an octagon wooden sheet to the back I decided it needed something else and so used some brushos to splash onto the background 

Whilst this was drying I had painted a butterfly blue and stamped it using a visible image script stamp and Wow embossing white fine powder. 

I had also painted some geometric shapes with a crackle glaze. Once dried these were also painted blue

I had also painted a wooden word, believe in linen and coloured a tim hotz paper doll which I then glued onto the butterfly. All this was attached to the record along with some flowers my friend made.

This is a new style for me but really enjoyed making this and think I will do more.

I do hope you come and join us over at Bleeding Art Challenge.

Zoe